The conventional progressive wisdom is that the Trump Administration will be bad for cities and for transit users. But in recent decades, a unified Republican government has been better for public transit than a divided government.

An efficient and equitable transport system must be diverse to serve diverse travel demands. Planners need better tools to quantify and communicate the benefits of walking, cycling and public transit to sometimes skeptical decision makers.

Geography-Based Domain Names

A Los Angeles-based company has worked out a licensing deal with the Southeast Asia nation of Laos to companies that want to use the .la Internet top-level domain to businesses that want to use the suffix as part of their Web site addresses. "The deal between dotLA Inc. and the Laotian government is part of a growing trend in which small nations are selling rights to their country-code domains to unofficial domain-name registries. For example, the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu earlier this year signed a similar agreement for its .tv domain with dotTV Corp., which also is headquartered in Los Angeles. DotLA's target customers include businesses in Los Angeles, Louisiana and Latin America."

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